British seize Gabes sea base in Rommel campaign
British 8th Army captures Gabes a major Rommel supply base as Allied forces close on Mareth Line. 8000 German prisoners taken. air and sea bombardment disrupt retreating Axis units amid storms and cleared skies aiding air forces. Red Army advances toward Smolensk.
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Patton
Mareth Line
Eisenhower
Gabes
Rommel
Arim
Tunis
Bizerte
House of Commons
Rotarians to Get a Break Wednesday at Cameron Theatre
Members of the Rotary Club will be guests of John Prude at the Cameron Theatre to view the film At the Front in North Africa. The luncheon room will host them before they go to the theatre for the show opening Thursday April 1.
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Rotary Club
John Prude
Cameron Theatre
North Africa
Army air corps flyer Lt James Stewart sighted in Cameron
Lt James Stewart, a United States Army Air Corps flyer, was seen in Cameron Tuesday morning en route to Maren Field, California, after a period of training in Florida.
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James Stewart
Cameron
Maren Field
California
Florida
United States Army Air Corps
Buffington Joins Military Police Training at Brookley Field
Pfc Harold M Buffington stationed at Brookley Field Mobile Alabama trains for Army Provost Marshal Corps service. Son of Mr and Mrs A B Buffington of Ad Hall and grandson of Mrs W M Price of Cameron He graduated Yee High School 1939 left Cameron September 10 1942 for San Antonio inducted into service, later to Camp Lee Camp Normoyle Camp Butner and now at Brookley awaiting overseas duty He is 22 and a loyal Herald reader.
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Harold M. Buffington
Brookley Field
Mobile
Alabama
Military Police
Army
Department of the Provost Marshal
Pfc
Buffington
A. B. Buffington
Ad Hall
W. M. Price
Cameron
Pfe
Yee High School
San Antonio
Camp Lee
Camp Normoyle
308Th Field Artillery
Camp Butner
North Carolina
the Herald
Montgomery scores greatest victory in North Africa campaign
British 8th Army under General Montgomery breaches Mareth Line on a 25 mile front and advances as Rommel retreats. Mareth and Madenine captured with 6000 Rommel troops taken prisoner. El Hamma taken. Reports say Berlin air raid was the war's most terrific. MacArthur's forces shoot down 25 Japanese bombers near New Guinea. Reds near Smolensk. American naval win in Aleutians. Local readers: W. R. Frazier and John Wilkinson visited Cameron.
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8Th Army
Montgomery
Mareth Line
Seat of Arms
Rommel
North Africa
London
Germany
Hitler
Mareth
Madenine
Gabes
United Nations
el Hamma
Cairo
Berlin
South Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
New Guiana
Smolensk
Aleutian Islands
Red Cross War Fund Drive totals in Milam County
The Milam County War Fund Drive tally stood at 6800 dollars by noon Monday, with funds in banks and committees suggesting a final total near the 7400 dollar quota. Director F G Blake expects full completion by April 1 and a courthouse square thermometer will track daily Fund rises.
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American Red Cross
Milam County
F. G. Blake
Blake
Miss Elenora Hollas Visit Highlights Waco Family
Miss Elenora Hollas of Providence Hospital in Waco visited her family and friends on Saturday. The social note records her visit as a local community event with nothing further noted.
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Elenora Hollas
Providence Hospital
Waco
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Buckholts
W. R. Frazier
Silver City
Herald
Miss June Frazier
Austin
John Wilkinson
Minerva
RED Cross
Court House Square
Milam
Earl Bailey
Freeport
Earldean and
Boots
John D. Bailey
E. A. Camp
Cameron and Rockdale
United States
Rome
America
Joe D. Bass
Dave McCoy
Rockdale
J. L. Taylor & Co
J. P. Werner
Dusek Pharmacy
Blue Network
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
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